Continuity mistake: Dr. Klein talks to Chris about what Regan's test results indicate and she's touching her face with her left hand. In the next shot from the front, she's touching her face with her right hand. (00:48:05)
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27th Jan 2007
The Exorcist (1973)
27th Jan 2007
The Exorcist (1973)
Continuity mistake: Dr. Klein and Dr. Taney arrive at the house and go up to Regan's room to see her for themselves. We see inside the room and the two doctors, Chris and Sharon are the only ones there but as they try to give her an injection, Karl appears from out of nowhere restraining her. (00:54:05)
27th Jan 2007
The Exorcist (1973)
Continuity mistake: As Father Karras lays down, Father Dyer shuts all the lights for him. The lamp on his desk is right over the typewriter the first time we see it than later as he turns it off it has been moved to the left. (00:46:10)
27th Jan 2007
The Exorcist (1973)
Continuity mistake: In his room, Father Dyer starts to sit next to Father Karras as he tries to console him. In the next shot he's standing in front of him. (00:45:45)
27th Jan 2007
The Exorcist (1973)
Continuity mistake: As he lays down, Father Dyer takes Father Karras' cigarette from him and puts it in his mouth. In the next shot it's back in Father Karras' right hand. (00:46:00)
27th Jan 2007
The Exorcist (1973)
Continuity mistake: Father Dyer walks into Father Karras' room and the Chivas Regal bottle on the floor changes sides between shots. (00:45:10)
27th Jan 2007
The Exorcist (1973)
Continuity mistake: Father Dyer walks down the hall on his way to Father Karras' room and the florescent ceiling lamp closest to the window is turned off between shots. (00:44:55)
27th Jan 2007
The Exorcist (1973)
Continuity mistake: Regan screams, "Mother, make it stop" and the books near the lamp on her desk move to the right between shots. (00:44:40)
27th Jan 2007
The Exorcist (1973)
Continuity mistake: After Chris puts her to sleep and walks down the steps, Willi the maid is cleaning up Regan's mess on the living room carpet from the previous party scene. We saw a nice close-up of the wet carpet as it happened and now Willi is not even close to cleaning the right spot. In fact she's kneeling right on it, yikes. (00:44:20)
27th Jan 2007
The Exorcist (1973)
Continuity mistake: After Chris puts her to sleep and walks down the steps, Regan screams and there is a close-up of the lamp flickering on the wall. In the next shot the lighting has changed as a dark shadow appears behind the lamp. (00:44:25)
27th Jan 2007
The Exorcist (1973)
Continuity mistake: After Regan walks in and says to the Astronaut, "You're gonna die up there" Chris gives her a bath. When we first see them she's sponging her down with her right hand and soapy water. In the next shot she's using her left hand and the water is clear. (00:43:20)
27th Jan 2007
The Exorcist (1973)
Continuity mistake: After her bath as she gets ready for sleep Regan asks Chris, "What's wrong with me?" and her left arm goes from being under the pillow to under her head between shots. (00:43:50)
27th Jan 2007
The Exorcist (1973)
Continuity mistake: At the party Father Dyer sings just before Regan walks in and says to the Astronaut, "You're gonna die up there". The music book on the piano is open to the same page but the manuscript paper underneath has been moved between shots. (00:42:35)
27th Jan 2007
The Exorcist (1973)
Continuity mistake: At the party, a drunk Burke Dennings calls Karl a, " Bloody, damned, butchering, Nazi pig!" and the chain around his eyeglasses moves on his chest twice between shots. (00:40:45)
27th Jan 2007
The Exorcist (1973)
Continuity mistake: Sitting in front of the fireplace at her party, Chris asks Father Dyer, "Who's the priest I keep seeing thereĀ " and the woman to his left has a drink in her hand. In the next shot the drink is on the table. (00:40:20)
27th Jan 2007
The Exorcist (1973)
Continuity mistake: Sitting in front of the fireplace at her party, Father Dyer tells Chris that Father Karras' mother had died the previous night. The candle in the candleholder to her right rotates throughout the scene. (00:40:35)
27th Jan 2007
The Exorcist (1973)
Continuity mistake: Chris takes Regan to Doctor Klein for some tests to see what's wrong with her. As she sits in the office waiting for the doctor to come in, the papers on his desk move between shots without anyone going near them. (00:34:10)
27th Jan 2007
The Exorcist (1973)
Continuity mistake: As Chris sits in the office waiting for Doctor Klein to come in, the tissue coming out of the Kleenex box behind his desk moves between shots without anyone going near it. (00:34:15)
27th Jan 2007
The Exorcist (1973)
Continuity mistake: As Damien walks into the psychiatric ward to visit his mother the woman directly across from her changes sides on her bed between shots. (00:38:15)
27th Jan 2007
The Exorcist (1973)
Continuity mistake: In Doctor Klein's office the handle on the ice bucket in the back of the room under the blue picture is moved as the scene progresses and Chris talks to the doctor. (00:33:45 - 00:35:55)
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